Again… the wind is dictating our “El Nino” winter weather. And these ice boats are ready to take advantage of it before the snow falls. We are under another “Winter Weather Warning” until Thursday at 10am. I heard this morning that the ice on North Lake Leelanau is about 3 inches thick, which isn’t the best but, I’ve seen ice boats… Read more »
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Woke up this morning to four more. This El Nino winter was supposed to be different, but it’s not much different from any other winter as far as I can see, it’s cold and snowy out. I stopped by Nick’s shop to check on the JOY and it looks like it’s coming along nicely. Below is the road I… Read more »
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A wintry weekend, to be sure! Wind, waves, lake effect snow… and (my first encounter with) ice balls. I headed to the water’s edge in time to catch Sunday’s sunset, if the sun would peek through. A faint ribbon of pink emerged for a few moments. This photo shoot involved getting covered with snow while lying on the beach, and… Read more »
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A nice beginning with little or no overnight snow. The trip home from St.Wenceslaus at 9:15 was a total whiteout, visibility zero, had to depend on the center rubble strip to stay on the road home. Not a system snow, it’s a lake effect snow. It’s winter. The Leland Report/Leif Spork Snow Gauge contest is closed. We had a total of… Read more »
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Another dark, dreary and windy getup with Winter Storm Warnings forecasting 8 to 12 inches by tomorrow. My Dark Sky weather app on my IPhone says 1 to 3. So far the app has been right. At the moment my Radar app indicates that the heavy lake effect snow is falling just north of us. I don’t know how I did without… Read more »
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Tried to navigate the path to North Beach, but snow was too deep for these sorry legs of mine. Biscuit had no trouble at all. Below – Boones new addition in Suttons Bay. The Leland Report/Leif Spork Snow Gauge contest is closed. We had a total of 47 entries. We will report the final tally on 4/30/16!
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Visibility at sunrise was as far as you could see, a couple of hundred feet was about all for the past week. Forecast calls for warming to somewhere in the 30’s and rain mixed with snow. Walking in other peoples foot deep footprints, I made it down to Fishtown and much the same at Van’s Beach over a big drift. I… Read more »
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The wind continues to blow, gusting to 20 and30 mph. The path leading down to Van’s Beach this morning was drifted and with the wind, was a little too much for my legs. Was able to get down to South Beach, but with the blowing snow, no pictures were worth taking. With near whiteout conditions, there are people who drive without… Read more »
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Last nights weather forecast for the overnight snow fall was 6 to 12 inches. We woke up to an inch. The sky at sunrise showed signs of opening up and Big Blue was calm. And then by 10:30 am the wind started blowing and the sky started snowing. Gusting to over 30, whiteouts. All the schools are closed and this system is… Read more »
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Today, Monday, the wind has subsided. However, with temps hovering in the teens, we continue to celebrate winter. Yesterday’s onshore wind made the fishing nets dance around, made the harbor flag point directly toward shore, and created whitecaps in the harbor and river. I stood in the lee of the Fishtown shanties and then in the lee of the Manitou… Read more »
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